Yearbooks

The yearbook collection consists of about 300 annual directories (not high school yearbooks). Most date from the second half of the nineteenth century and describe themselves in terms other than yearbook -- register, catalog, almanac, handbook, annual and directory being commonly found in titles and on spines. The majority are trade publications, but a number clearly are not, such as Sadlier's Catholic Almanac... or Beadle's Dime Base-ball Player.

Access

The yearbooks are not yet cataloged but are shelved according to approximately fifty subject categories. A checklist is available in the reading room.